Md3434……. Interesting observation and concern….. it was a very ill conceived plan…..in 1995 we adopted a 6 month old baby from China it was a fun and interesting experience….. by 2000 the ratio of boys to girls was reported by the PRC was 120/100 which is an amazing ratio but from our understanding was actually higher…. The number of girls in orphanages was reported to be 3 million with only a fraction available for adaption that number also reported by the PRC was massively understated…. The girls that came out of that system when old enough to go out on their own were ostracized for not having a family with the majority never marrying.
The fortunate babies were left at train stations, police stations, etc late at night and then given to orphanages which in itself was illegal so pregnant woman whose family insisted on a boy had to hide their pregnancies…… the unfortunate girls were killed after birth or left to die……the conditions is most orphanages was/is horrible so only a small % of the orphanages were “open” for adaption. The PRC went back and forth between it being ok to having 1 child to having more…… in actual fact you could have more than 1 child anytime you just had to pay a fine which most Chinese could not afford or wouldn’t pay.
It’s a very plausible idea you bring…… the PRC could do absolutely do anything and everything illegal or not if they thought it would benefit their society….. the 1 child policy turned out to be a huge backfire!